Device for ball-plays.



'B. JIROTKA, DEVICE FOR BALL PLAYS. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 10,-1908.

Patented May 18, 1909.

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BOIIUMIL JIROTKA, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

DEVICE FOR BALL-PLAYS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 10, 1908.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Serial No. 437,795.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BonUMIL J IROTKA, engineer, a subject of the Emperor of Austria Hungary, residing at Berlin, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Ball-Plays; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is a device for a play with balls, whereby the balls are thrown by means of sticks of special construction and caught by the same.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is an elevation of the ball Fig. 2 shows the combination of ball and throwing-stick in the state of usage Fig. 3 shows a special modification of the ball Fig. 4 shows this special modification of the ball in combination with tpe throwing stick ready to be tossed viz. s lot.

The ball h Fig. 1 is furnished with a tail g in form of a string at the end of which a circular plate 0 and a small ring e are fastened, the string 9 being simply passed through the holes in the centers of c and e and then tied into a knot f. The string 9 is also fastened by means of a knot t to the ball h.

The stick for throwing the ball consists of two parts, the handle a and the fork b. For the purpose of throwing the ball the tail 9 of the same is located in the recess Q of the fork b so that the plate 0 lies close to the point of the fork. On moving the handle a quickly forward the ball h is pulled by its tail in the direction of the forks movement and shoots suddenly, disengaging its tail from the fork, through the air.

The plate 0 may be formed as a propeller. having propeller wings (2.

Another modification of the ball is shown in Fig. 3. The tail 7c is made of elastic material for instance an india-rubber-tube. One end of it is fixed to the ball It by insertion of a bead m in the part of the tube 76 which is inside of the ball; a ring Z is fitted around the tube 7c within said ball for increasing secure holding. The other end of the elastic tube 7c is furnished with a bead n and a ring 0.

Fig. 4 shows how this ball is used in a simple1 fork p, similar to the principle of a catau t. P Having thus described my invention I declare that what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Improvements in devices for ball playing comprising in combination a ball (h) with a tail (g) a plate (0) fixed to the end of the tail (g) a handle (a) with a fork (5) substantially as described.

2. A game apparatus, comprising a fork with a handle, and a projectile presenting an elastic tail adapted to be received by the same and having a terminal obstruction which prevents longitudinal passage of the tail through the fork, substantially as described.

3. A game apparatus, comprising a fork with a handle, and a projectile presenting a tail adapted to be received by the same and having a terminal radially slit plate which prevents longitudinal passage of the tail through the fork, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BOHUMIL J IROTKA.

Witnesses HUGO ABEL, KARL KUBANEK. 

